Culture and Society Overview

A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory and participate in a common culture.

A German philosopher who asserted that the primary effect of popular culture is to limit people's choices.

<p>The worldwide media industry that standardizes the goods and services demanded by consumers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Practices and beliefs found in all societies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>George Murdock.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to assume one's culture is the norm or superior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viewing people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of how biology affects human social behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Charles Darwin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of adaptation to the environment through random genetic variation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Combining existing cultural items into a new form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cultural information about using material resources to satisfy human needs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Physical or technological aspects of daily life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Customs, beliefs, philosophies, and communication patterns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period of maladjustment when nonmaterial culture struggles to adapt.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A segment of society with distinct customs and traditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Specialized language used by members of a subculture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A subculture that deliberately opposes aspects of the larger culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Feeling disoriented or fearful in an unfamiliar culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An abstract system of word meanings and symbols.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping interpretation of reality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gestures, objects, and words that form basis of human communication.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Use of gestures and facial expressions to communicate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Written rules specifying strict punishments for violators.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unwritten rules that are understood but not precisely recorded.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms deemed highly necessary for the welfare of society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms governing everyday behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning social norms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Collective conceptions of what is considered good or bad in a culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Polarization of society over controversial cultural elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Set of cultural beliefs that help maintain powerful social interests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Use of two languages in a particular setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subcultures serve the interests of subgroups with ethnocentrism reinforcing solidarity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Countercultures question the dominant social order and devalue other groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cultural relativism respects variations in views of men and women across societies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Customs and traditions are transmitted through intergroup contact and media.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms reinforce societal standards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms reinforce patterns of dominance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms reinforce the roles of men and women.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Norms are maintained through face-to-face interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Values are collective conceptions of what is good.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Values may perpetuate social inequality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Values may perpetuate male dominance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Values are defined and redefined through social interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Culture reflects a society's strong central values.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Culture reflects society's dominant ideology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Culture reflects society's view of men and women.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Society's core culture is perpetuated through daily social interactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Walmart provides food and services to customers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Walmart opposes labor unions and is slow to provide health benefits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Walmart limits the role of women in leadership.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Walmart has a history of insensitivity to cultural variations.</p> Signup and view all the answers